Snow Blankets U.S. Southeast

WILD

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 1:42PM ET / Published Jan. 18, 2013 7:05AM ET

Snowball fight in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

It’s a tough day for climate-change deniers. Wild weather hit across the globe, with snowstorms blanketing the U.S. Southeast and Britain as Australia had its hottest day on record. In the U.S., parts of Mississippi saw 2 to 4 inches of snow Thursday as the storm moved north to Virginia, where it dumped 13 inches on the northwestern part of the state. Across the Atlantic, Britain came to a standstill as much of the country was hit by 40-hour snowstorm with up to 12 inches expected. But in the Southern Hemisphere, Sydney scorched on its hottest day on record, with temperatures 46 degrees Celsius, or 114 degrees Fahrenheit. In Victoria, at least one man was killed by a brushfire, and firefighters battled wildfires in New South Wales and Victoria.